Line #69 Main/WallPinOfLove


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3	Alice runs into Bob, but Bob is acting very strange today. He may have had a GreenEyedEpiphany of some sort, is upset that Alice is avoiding him, or just at the breaking point of being [[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend repeatedly insisted that he's not a potential]] LoveInterest. Regardless, his emotions have built up to the point he can't contain them. Alice may be ObliviousToLove, [[BelligerentSexualTension refusing to admit how she feels]], or just simply unsure. The moment Alice tries to leave, Bob quickly slams his hand on the wall and traps her against it with his body, stopping her from running away. It's a way to intimidate her, but also a way for him to get physically close to her.
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5	It may not have been LoveAtFirstPunch, but it does get the message out through and clear. Alice becomes more and more confused about how she sees Bob, and usually it results in a RelationshipUpgrade.
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7	This trope is better known to the Japanese public as the "kabe don" (wall pound). It's when a character (usually AlwaysMale, at least in heterosexual pairings) physically corners a LoveInterest using the body to block any chance of escape. It's often accompanied with a "BAM!" sound effect from pounding the wall (the "don" in kabe don). The Wall Pin Of Love is often PlayedForDrama and [[UnresolvedSexualTension increases tension]] between the characters. It may be given with an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove or a ForcefulKiss from the person doing the Wall Pin. May also lead to WallBangHer. A well-known parody of this originating in the Japanese Twitterverse was known as the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cicada-block "semi don"]] (cicada block), uses ''both arms and legs'', and was subject to much MemeticMutation.
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9	The Wall Pin of Love is a very popular staple in HaremGenre, [[ShoujoDemographic Shojo]] and [[YaoiGenre Yaoi]] romance. Many news outlets have reported that it is the "ideal" scenario for many Japanese women. Despite this, the Wall Pin of Love can lead to UnfortunateImplications because the emotional and physical intimidation is common in domestic abuse. Because of how frequent and popular it is in Eastern works, there may be ValuesDissonance involved in how it's accepted. People in the West are more likely to see the Wall Pin of Love as anything but romantic, and even a bit rapey. It is common enough in romantic works that a lot of works will play with the trope, swapping gender expectations, a wall pin over enthusiasm of a non-romantic topic, etc.
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11	Outside of a romantic context, the Wall Pin can simply be used to intimidate people. A LoanShark might use it when he doesn't get his money. However, if it's simply a NeckLift applied to a wall or shoving a person into the wall, then it doesn't count. The Wall Pin has to involve someone trapping another with the body. In less serious works, this may be PlayedForLaughs by having the victim [[ImaginedInnuendo assume they're being flirted with]].
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13	Unlike PinnedToTheWall, this generally involves no pointy objects.
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22	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU8raMXqsFs Cup Noodle featured a commercial]] specifically about kabe don. The manga featured in the commercial includes ''Manga/AoHaruRide'', ''Manga/ReReHello'', and ''Manga/WolfGirlAndBlackPrince'', with artwork drawn exclusively for the commercial.
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26	* ''Manga/AoHaruRide'' has one in chapter 25 when Kou confronts Futaba for avoiding him.
27	* Parodied in ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Soga tries to charge a {{Nurikabe}} and is TooFastToStop when Matsuri steps in the way, accidentally braking on the wall with his arm next to Matsuri's head. The romantic implications briefly disturb them, and cause [[ShipperOnDeck Ponosuke]] to blush and go starry-eyed at the [[{{Portmanteau}} "nurikabedon"]].
28	* ''Manga/BlendS'':
29	** Episode 10 has Dino attempt to demonstrate this with Mafuyu, but it fails due to the height difference resulting from Dino being the tallest member of the cast and Mafuyu being the TokenMiniMoe.
30	** Episode 11 is outright titled "Good at Tsundere, Bad at Kabedon[[note]]Translated by Website/{{Crunchyroll}} as "cornering."[[/note]]". It has Dino attempt to explain the concept to Maika. He is unable to explain it in a reasonable manner, so Hideri pushes him towards Maika to demonstrate it. The stinger of the episode then has Maika pin Dino to the wall and apologize for her earlier behavior.
31	* Happens multiple times to Yuki in ''Manga/CheekyBrat''. She often gets flustered when it comes to Sho, because the attraction there's mutual and he tends to do it anywhere and everywhere, but it gets a bit awkward for her when it comes from someone else like Suwa, because she has no idea how to react given that she's already in a committed relationship.
32	* ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'':
33	** [[HugeGirlTinyGuy Yamada unintentionally does this to Ichikawa]] when they get cramped together in an elevator from too many people coming in. Ichikawa closes his eyes [[AccidentalPervert so that he won't have to stare at her inappropriately]]... then when the ride ends he sees [[HeldGaze Yamada unconsciously staring close into his face.]]
34	** Ichikawa avoids Yamada for two days after [[spoiler: she pulls a FakeOutMakeOut on him to ward off Nanjou, leading to Ichikawa feeling "used" and in his overwhelming sense of pessimism, [[WasItAllALie assumes that their friendship to that point was a tool for fending off the unwanted attention of other boys]].]] On the second day, Ichikawa tries to ignore and walk away from her, forcing Yamada to chase him down the stairs and pin him to a wall.
35	** Ichikawa later does this to her when she almost pulls out a magazine (By the same publisher she modeled for) from his bedsheets, causing him to slam his hand down on the book near her head. Yamada also blushes ''hard'' from staring at his neck. [[spoiler: She later "pays him back" when he almost sees [[ItMakesSenseInContext a bottle of Milk Tea he bought for her]] near her window.]]
36	* ''Manga/FoodWars'': Miyoko Houjou does it to Megumi when they first meet, although it's not done in a romantic way. She scares away a bunch of students who are harassing Megumi before pinning her to the wall and ask about her ''shokugeki'' with Shinomiya.
37	* ''Manga/{{Hyakunichikan}}'': Discussed in the omake for Chapter 11.5, where Chiho asks Shuuto and Aoki what it is. In Chapter 20, Komugi says her big sister reads a lot of shoujo manga and wants it to happen to her.
38	* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'':
39	** Shirogane advises another student to do this when they come to him for advice on how to ask out Kashiwagi. [[TheBlindLeadingTheBlind Shirogane doesn't really have any idea what he's talking about]], but it works, and the two of them go on to become the BetaCouple.
40	--->'''Shirogane:''' I call this technique "Kabe DOWN". [[BlatantLies I came up with it myself!]]\
41	'''Kaguya:''' ''It's "kabe don"! It's been around for years!''\
42	'''Tsubasa:''' Are you a genius?\
43	'''Kaguya:''' ''ARE YOU AN IDIOT?!''
44	** One of the final bonus chapters of ''We Want to Talk about Kaguya'' has Saburo asking Iino and Ishigami how to get Karen to finally notice him, with Iino suggests doing this just like with what Shirogane did with Tsubasa.[[note]]Ishigami on the other hand uses the same advice that Kaguya gave him to attract Tsubame by getting his grades up, which doesn't really apply here since Saburo was already ranked 3rd in his year[[/note]] It almost works... until he turns around to ask the two if he did it right, which leads Karen to believe that he was just acting out some sort of fantasy rather than an actual confession.
45	* In ''Manga/KyoKoiOHajimemasu'', Kyota corners Tsubaki after she cuts his hair in the first chapter. He does it again when she avoids him [[spoiler:shortly after a NearRapeExperience]].
46	* {{Subverted\|trope}} in ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2017'' when Akko is pinned by Andrew (affected by a LovePotion), the UnfortunateImplications are highlighted: Instead of being charmed, Akko freaks out and runs away.
47	* {{Discussed}} in episode 5 of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', when a TV show Tohru watches claims this is thing that girls want their lovers to do the most.
48	* In ''Manga/ManlyAppetitesMinegishiLovesOtsu'' Minegishi does this to Otsu upon being gifted chocolate from him. In a surprisingly realistic use of this trope, Kunai and Otsu both point out how threatening that sort of behavior comes off and how he'd be in real trouble if he did that to a female coworker. In Minegishi's defense, he was so overwhelmed by Otsu giving him chocolate that he wasn't really aware of his own behavior, but he still heartily apologized to Otsu. Otsu still seems pretty flustered by it.
49	* In the anime-exclusive [=S1E08=] of ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', most of Catarina's friends get trapped in a magical book world where one can act out their greatest desires. In [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel Sophia]]'s case, she pins [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Catarina]] to the wall and declares her love for Catarina after Catarina offhandedly states she'd like to live in Sophia's home.
50	* In ''Manga/MySenpaiIsAnnoying'', Sakurai’s kid brother Yuto becomes curious about kabedon and decides to try it out. He practices with his sister to see her reaction, but her response is to hug her brother. Yuto ends up on the receiving end of a wall pin with Natsumi, a woman he’s crushing on, only because the train they were on experienced a sudden jolt.
51	* ''Manga/NurseHitomisMonsterInfirmary'': Ken Tatara does this with all four of his arms to Hitomi in his intro chapter, though he's such a {{Tsundere}} that it comes off as harassment rather than affection.
52	* Gender inverted in chapter six of ''Manga/OmujoOmutsuJoshi'', titled "Morei's Kabe-don!!". Morei performs a wall pin on Shouta as she questions him about his feelings for Ichigo, which leads to her own attempt to confess her feelings for him.
53	* ''Manga/APolarBearInLove'': When Seal tries to escape from Polar Bear during his nap, Polar Bear immediately panics and violently slams his claw against the ice. It was unintentional, but it was enough to traumatize Seal.
54	* ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'' pokes fun at this with Pipimi pinning Popuko, her hand hitting the wall so hard that it sends them, the wall, and the floor beneath them flying. The anime version goes a step further by portraying the initial wall-pin via a ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial''-style visual novel interface, followed by the wall traversing a bunch of mining cart tracks ''à la'' ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry''.
55	* ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets'': Fuutarou finds himself on the giving and the receiving end of this trope. First, he does it to Itsuki as he declares himself her tutor and that they're "partners", and later he receives it from Ichika when they're hiding in an alley from her manager.
56	* {{Invoked}} in ''Manga/ScienceFellInLoveSoITriedToProveIt'': Main protagonists Himuro and Yukimura perform an experiment to examine the effects of this trope, using Himuro's heart rate as a metric. For consistency, the trial is repeated a hundred times in quick succession, but to their dismay, the effects slowly diminish and plateau out the more Yukimura repeats it. Kanade suggests that this is due to the wall pin's shock factor diminishing as Himuro got accustomed to it. Himuro notes that the wall pin goes from looking romantic to outright silly as it gets repeated to excess, and realizes that it starts to resemble a sumo slap at a certain point.
57	* ''Manga/ShesMyKnight'': Ichinose does this to Mogami, but it's less impressive when done to a taller person.
58	* In ''Manga/StrobeEdge'', Ren traps Ninako in the classroom when he suspects she still reciprocates his feelings.
59	* Accidentally happens between Junpei and Leo in ''Manga/TheTwoLions'' when Junpei tries to reach a book on a shelf at the library that was too high up for Leo to reach.
60	* {{Invoked}} in ''Manga/WotakoiLoveIsHardForOtaku'': Hirotaka Nifuji does this to Tarou Kabakura, but while it appears to play up the {{Yaoi}} aspect, it's {{Subverted}} as their respective girlfriends Narumi Momose and Hanako Koyanagi are rapidly taking pictures at every angle of the scene. It's implied the guys are forced to do this because their girls are explicit {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s.
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64	* Gaston does this to Belle in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' after he barges into her house and traps her against her front door, then tries to propose and kiss her. She escapes by quickly opening the door, causing him to fall outside [[CoveredInMud and land face first into a mud pond]].
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69	* ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'': Back in 1955, George attempts this when meeting Lorraine but she ignores him in favor of "Calvin Klein".
70	* Averted in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': Steve pins Natasha against the wall, but because he's genuinely angry at her. Despite the frequent ShipTease between them, they don't go any farther than being friends. It is notable, though, that this bit happens during said wall pin that is still charged with UnresolvedSexualTension:
71	-->'''Natasha''': ''(pulls up her shirt to show a large, prominent bullet scar on her belly)'' Soviet slug, no rifling. ''(she smirks and lifts her eyebrow a little)'' Bye-bye, bikinis.
72	-->'''Steve''': ''(utterly deadpan)'' [[BlatantLies Yeah, I bet you look terrible in 'em now.]]
73	* Many {{Live Action Adaptation}}s for [[ShoujoDemographic Shojo]] manga ''always'' have a trailer featuring a "kabe don" and is often hyped up by the press. Examples include ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XuHPwZSFQg Heroine Shikkaku]]'', ''Manga/StrobeEdge'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5wiRiGVo8I trailer]]), and ''Manga/MissionsOfLove'' ([[https://natalie.mu/comic/news/287320 trailer]]).
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77	* A subversion occurs in ''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Cold Days]]'' between Harry Dresden and Karrin Murphy. It actually starts out as [[spoiler: Harry losing his temper because of the Winter Mantle and slamming his hand against the door beside Murphy's head, either as an attempt to intimidate her or just out of pure anger and frustration. Instead of being scared or angry, Murphy gently talks Harry down and takes his hand, turning it into a Wall Pin of Love as she brings him back to himself and helps make the Winter Mantle go away. They're left holding hands and reaffirming their love and support of one another after this bit.]]
78	* ''Literature/HensukiAreYouWillingToFallInLoveWithAPervertAsLongAsShesACutie'': Keiki's UnwantedHarem troubles begin when he does a "wall-slam" on his senpai, who he suspects of leaving him an unnamed LoveLetter (and a pair of panties). Her rival gets jealous when hearing of this and it snowballs from there.
79	* ''Literature/JuniTaisenZodiacWar'': Nezumi once tried to get a girl he liked to out with him using this trope. [[EpicFail It didn't go well.]]
80	* ''Literature/{{Katalepsis}}'': Zheng, a flesh-eating zombie, does this to Heather to intimidate her. It has [[InLoveWithYourCarnage unintended consequences]].
81	* ''Literature/MyLittleSisterStoleMyFiance'': After it's been announced that the prince's hand in marriage would given to Luna instead of Eliana, a random creep tells Eliana that he heard rumors about her losing her place as the Crown Prince's bride due to her infidelity. He then pins Eliana against a wall and tries proposition her into going out with him. Eliana manages to break free from his grasp by slapping him.
82	* Sophia pulls one on Katarina in ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', much to another of the [[LoveInterest LoveInterest's]] annoyance. It's mostly played for laughs, since Sophia is at least a foot shorter than Katarina, and Katarina is [[ObliviousToLove oblivious enough that she doesn't realize what Sophia is trying to do anyway]].
83	* In book 3 of Lynn Flewelling's ''Literature/{{Nightrunner}}'' series, ''Traitor's Moon'', [[TheIngenue Alec]] gets uncharacteristically forceful with his older lover [[EthicalSlut Seregil]], pinning him roughly against a hallway wall and kissing him hard after Seregil half-teasingly asks "Are you ashamed of me, my stiff-necked Dalnan prude?" because Alec got embarrassed when one of their guards lightly teased them about having [[TheImmodestOrgasm very audible sex]] during the previous night and because Alec had been shying away from even just mild public displays of affection between them up till this point in the book. In this case, the wall-pinning is ''not'' meant to be intimidating at all, but rather it shows that Alec will swallow his discomfort with publicly being out about their same-sex relationship and do something unmistakably intimate where other people could see them, if that's what it takes to reassure his chronically depressed lover that he is still very much attracted to him. And this scene also serves to show that by this point, they have a much more power-balanced relationship than the classic LoverAndBeloved character dynamic, despite the fact that Alec is only 19 and shy about sexual matters, at least in public.
84	* Chapter 2 of ''Literature/OthersidePicnic'' opens with Toriko seemingly performing this on Sorawo, to her complete bemusement. As it turns out, she noticed that one of Sorawo's eyes had turned bright blue after their close call with the Kunekune, and she just wanted a better look. There is definitely a ShipTease angle to it, particularly when Toriko murmurs that the color is "so pretty," causing Sorawo to become flustered.
85	* Played with in ''Literature/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline''. When Karen[=/=]LLENN meets M in real life, he does this to her and asks if she has ever been so deeply in love with someone that she'd give her life for them. Karen says no, at which point M says she could never understand how he feels... ''[[BaitAndSwitchComment about Pito]]''.
86	-->'''Karen''': My first "wall-slamming"... and it's to hear someone confessing their love for another person.
87	* ''Literature/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'': The AlternateTimeline of the series known as the ''Marie Route'', begins with Leon intercepting Marie before she can pull a HijackedDestiny on Olivia by stealing her LoveInterests from the OtomeGame Marie and Leon [[MediaTransmigration have transmigrated into]]. He does this by covering Marie’s mouth, carrying her away, and then pinning her to a wall with both arms. [[AMatchMadeInStockholm Romance ensues]].
88	* ''Literature/TheVillainousDaughtersButlerIllCrushTheDestructionFlags'': Alicia once does this to the protagonist Cyril when she's mad due to his apparent inaction over Sophia’s impending forced engagement to a foreign prince. Despite it surprising him at first, Cyril [[TheTease teases Alicia like usual]] before leaving.
89	* In ''The Youkai Computer Knows'', the twentieth novel of the Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote series, Aya was given this by one of her classmates (which is not part of her ReverseHarem, mind you). [[spoiler:The plot relevant point is that [[TheNoseKnows Mikado]] noticed the smell of synthetic cannabinoids that rubbed off from him to Aya.]]
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93	* The infamously satisfying hookup of [[Series/Castle2009 Castle and Beckett]] in [[spoiler:the season four finale, "Always."]] Beckett comes in from the rain after the two have previously broken up as partners due to Beckett's refusal to acknowledge that Castle is in love with her and running headfirst into her mother's case, nearly getting her killed. [[spoiler: She kisses him and tells him she caught up with the bad guy, but when she faced her own death, she only thought about Castle, nothing else. He reciprocates by shoving her up against the front door and fiercely making out with her, kissing her neck and even the bullet wound on her chest, before they both head to the bedroom.]]
94	* Played straight with ''Gomenne Seishun'''s main couple in the latter part of the series. Played for laughs behind the scenes by the actors [[spoiler: Koseki Yuta, playing the Trans character, and actor playing his boyfriend]].
95	* ''Series/GoodOmens2019'': Crowley attempts to do an intimidating version of this to Aziraphale to protest being called "quite a nice person". However, Aziraphale simply stares at Crowley while he rambles, until they're interrupted by Mary Loquacious, who identifies them as having an [[ShipTease "intimate moment."]]
96	* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. Used for BelligerentSexualTension in the MirrorUniverse episode. The mirror counterpart of T'Pol tells Mirror-Trip how she lured him with a promise of a sexual tryst only to brainwash him as a ManchurianAgent to carry out sabotage (for which he was tortured afterwards). Trip slams his hand into the wall next to T'Pol's head; then it turns out he's activating the intercom there to tell the captain that he's completed his repairs.
97	* ''Series/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTiga'': Episode 10 sees [[spoiler:Darrgon]] do this in an attempt to woo Yuna, however his massive strength ends up causing him to dent the wall where he attempts it.
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101	* ''[[https://st-noix.jp/irisquartz/category/series/kabedon/ Kabe Don! SONGS ♪]]'' is a whole ''series'' of albums that combine SerenadeYourLover and this trope. The premise for the series has the boys interact with the object of their affections until the Slam, and then the boys sing a song to them that conveys their feelings and is meant to seduce them. It has a naughtier sister series, the ''Yuka Don! SONGS ♪'', which have the serenades take place as the singers [[IntercourseWithYou pin their lover]] [[SeductionLyric to the floor]].
102	* [[Music/{{Shinee}} Taemin]], who is featured in [[Music/BoAKorea BoA]]'s music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac4e7PRl_Ec "Disturbance"]], does this to her.
103	* [[Music/{{LOONA}} YeoJin]] gets cornered by the frog prince with a wall slam in the music video for [[https://youtu.be/thpTOAS1Vgg?t=1m59s "Kiss Later"]].
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107	* In the extra improv scene of the first ''Theatre/{{Tsukiuta}}'' stage play, Haru does this for his "special talent" -- to, of course, Hajime, his partner and the leader of his unit.
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111	* ''VideoGame/LaCordaDOro'', when ladies' man and flutist Azuma Yunoki [[BeneathTheMask shows his true colors]] to Kahoko Hino, he puts his hand against the wall beside her and tells her that she's been pestering him.
112	* ''VisualNovel/ALittleLilyPrincess'': Lavinia's route has quite a few LovingBully elements to it, resulting in her getting Sara trapped between a wall, her body and her extended arms before confessing to her.
113	* In ''VideoGame/LostJudgment'', Yagami can make cowering opponents surrender with an EX action when in [[StanceSystem Snake Style]]. If he has an opponent against a wall when he does so, he gives them a kabedon and a DeathGlare worthy of Kiryu before the opponent passes out in fright.
114	* In the adult BaraGenre game ''Strange Flesh'', the GameOver screen from the Garden of Vice level has a beefy version of Joe pinning a regular Joe against a tree in the background. Yes, it's ''that'' kind of game.
115	* In the ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' expansion Battle for Azeroth, the out-of-game cinematic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKZ7ygLTR0g Lost Honor]] includes the orc Varok Saurfang performing an intimidating wall punch beside the head of human King Anduin Wrynn, who has come to speak to him in his prison cell. Though Anduin is mostly nonplussed by the orc's behavior (which suitably impresses Saurfang) [[note]] Anduin is justified in being unintimidated here. He is an extremely powerful magic-user, who could kill Saurfang very easily. Saurfang may or may not be aware of that fact[[/note]]. Although this relationship is not romantic or sexual, it still counts as "of love" because they very quickly develop a surrogate father-son dynamic.
116	* A substory in ''VideoGame/Yakuza6'', "The Kabedon Prince," has Kiryu learning of the trope after first rescuing an actor known as the Kabedon Prince from jealous thugs, then having it explained and shown to him first hand to his annoyance. The thugs come back and after Kiryu sorts them out again, he gives the leader a kabedon of his own that's more life threatening than romantic, making the guy [[BringMyBrownPants piss himself]], give Kiryu his money and leave. The actor considers Kiryu to be the Kabedon King, which he feels has a nice ring to it.
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120	* ''Webcomic/LetsSpeakEnglish'': In [[http://www.marycagle.com/letsspeakenglish/77-romance-101 "Romance 101"]], two of Mary's students teach her about kabedon by acting it out [[IsItSomethingYouEat after she assumes it's a type of food]].[[note]]Presumably, Mary assumed it was a ''donburi'' (rice bowl) type of dish, which usually uses the -don suffix, e.g. ''katsudon'' (pork cutlet bowl) or ''gyuudon'' (beef bowl).[[/note]] Mary is amazed that she didn't know there was a word for it until now.
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124	* Since most of the players of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' are well-established anime dubbing voice-actors and longtime fans of the genre themselves, they have occasionally used this trope for early ship-teasing. Interestingly, all of their uses of this trope so far have [[GenderInvertedTrope inverted the usual gender dynamic.]][[note]] (Mollymauk was very flamboyant and was supposed to come across as genderfluid even if the players used male pronouns for him. So he was very extroverted and pushy but also somewhat more feminine than Caleb, who also was bisexual but not particularly gender-nonconforming.)[[/note]]
125	** Campaign 1: During the Whitestone arc (episode 31), Vex'ahlia (played by Creator/LauraBailey) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtjVA9WAaPI&t=214s slammed]] Percy (played by Creator/TaliesinJaffe) against a wall and held him there to force him to look her in the eye while she demanded to know whether he was mentally still in control of himself, so she could tell if he was lying. (Though Laura's Insight check failed.) This was long before either of these characters realized they were in love with each other, but the other players immediately commented that it was a sexy move and it certainly set [[CasualKink the tone]] for these characters' later relationship. Sadly, this scene is ''not'' in the [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina animated adaptation]] - the closest that version gets is Vex angrily yelling at and slapping Percy when he has a moment of trauma-induced despair. But that came across as [[AdaptationalJerkass more abusive than sexily dominant]].
126	** Campaign 2: Very early on in this storyline (episode 10), Mollymauk (played by Creator/TaliesinJaffe) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R80i1A0xgIU "gently and socially"]] pinned Caleb (played by Creator/LiamOBrien) against a wall, ostensibly just to intimidate and talk some sense into Caleb because Molly thought he had not shared some looted money with the rest of the party. But Taliesin was pretty obviously using this trope intentionally to test Liam's willingness to get into a romance subplot with him. (This scene came just a couple of episodes after Molly gave Caleb a slap and a kiss on the forehead as a form of CoolDownHug to jolt him out of a HeroicBSOD style trauma flashback.) Unfortunately, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Caleb was too traumatized and introverted to react positively]] (or with anything but shock or discomfort) to such forceful attempts at 'flirting', despite admitting a dozen episodes later that he does find Mollymauk "magical" (i.e. attractive) and nothing ever became of it [[spoiler:by the time Mollymauk was killed off four episodes after that]]. Instead, Caleb first developed an unrequited crush on the cute and cheerfully unthreatening ManicPixieDreamGirl of the group. And eventually he slowly formed a tentative and [[MerlinAndNimue cerebral]] romantic attachment to a very reserved, [[UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} demisexual]] and [[{{Elfeminate}} young-looking]] wizard who had some issues with touching people.
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130	* Japanese Website/{{Twitter}}'s version of the wall-pin originated from a [[http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/556/992/65a.jpg simple chart]] drawn by [=Maki0046=] about (mostly) standard examples of ''kabe-don''.
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134	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': While visiting a brothel, Vi pins Caitlyn against a wall while "convincing" her to pretend to be a prostitute so they can get information, asking if she'd prefer male or female customers. Caitlyn is too flustered to get a response out before Vi just grabs a random (male) customer walking by. It's also PlayedWith, in that Vi has known Caitlyn for less than a day and doesn't fully trust Caitlyn due to her status as an Enforcer and a topsider, so she's [[TheGadfly mainly doing it to mess with Caitlyn]] whilst she goes straight to the brothel's madame to get the information they need. However, the ShipTease is still there; on her way back, Vi takes note of Caitlyn appearing to be [[AmbiguouslyGay much more relaxed and comfortable chatting to a female patron]], and seems to be pleasantly surprised by the sight.
135	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E37AloneTogether "Alone Together"]]:
136	** While showing Steven an example of a FusionDance, Garnet suggestively pins a madly blushing Pearl to the wall with both of her hands—then Pearl suddenly stops blushing and nonchalantly looks to Steven.
137	** Steven tries to imitate Garnet while dancing with Pearl, which just looks ridiculous because [[PintSizedKid he's barely as tall as her waist]].
138	** Kevin invades Stevonnie's space by boxing them against the wall with his body, though he only does it on one side.
139	* ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'': In the first episode, Pastry Pete accidentally does this to Bertie at one point during the croissant-making competition.
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